My book is out_Reframing Migration: Lampedusa, Border Spectacle and Aesthetics of Subversion

Dear all,
I am delighted to announce the publication of my book, Reframing Migration: Lampedusa, Border Spectacle and Aesthetics of Subversion. The book launch will be in June. Check this space.
You can find more information here.

Rights and Might: Cultural counter-narratives of the migrant and refugee experience | University of Westminster_Refugee week 22-25 June 2017

Dear all,
it's my pleasure to announce the upcoming conference I've had the pleasure to co-organise with a number of colleagues from the University of Westminster.

You can find all details in the eventbrite page, where you can also register.

For a draft programme see below

Refugees, Immigration Control and Indifference_Lecture by Prof. Gill SOAS 16 Nov 2016, 6pm.

  

Refugees, Immigration Control and Indifference: Reflections on the Role of Distance

Prof Nick Gill (Exeter, Dept of Geography)

Date: 16 November 2016Time: 6:00 PM
Finishes: 16 November 2016Time: 8:00 PM

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: DLT

Type of Event: Lecture

In this lecture Professor Nick Gill seeks to understand the ways in which border control practices draw forth indifference to refugees. In particular, the recent history of border control in Britain has highlighted various ways in which different forms of distance – literal, cultural and psychological – have been implicated in the nurturing and generation of indifference to migrant suffering and struggle among the public in general and among functionaries within the border control system. Professor Gill offers both a general reflection on the dynamics of indifference, estrangement and remoteness in contemporary immigration control regimes, and a summary of recent findings from research in Britain’s First Tier immigration and asylum tribunal. The discussion concludes by exploring the implications of the dynamics of indifference for activist tactics in pursuit of deborderisation.

Organiser: Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies
Contact email: cb92@soas.ac.uk

The Mediation of Migration_18 Nov 2016 London School of Economics

An LSE Department of Media and Communications Symposium

One million migrants crossed the borders of Europe in 2015, in, what came to be known as the “refugee crisis”. This Symposium focuses on the mediation of this “crisis” at a trans-European and local level, in order to address the questions:

• How is “the refugee crisis” communicated in European media?
  
• How do refugees appear in “our” media?
  
• How do border agents use media in their reception of refugees?
  

Drawing on findings from the “Migration and Media” research project, funded by the Dept. of Media and Communications at LSE, the Symposium is organized as a series of conversations between LSE scholars and leading migration and media researchers and practitioners.

The aim of Symposium is to reflect on the urgent ethico-political challenges of “the crisis”, as these emerge at the intersection of human mobility, security, care and media. But its aim is also to enable us to engage with important moments in the mediation of “the crisis”. These moments are addressed through academic work but also through creative and journalistic work.

Registration reqired (SOLD OUT)

Programme

09:00- 09:30 Registration, tea and coffee

09:30- 11:00 Welcome, Prof. Nick Couldry, Head of Media and Communications Dept, LSE

Keynote speech Dr Vicki Squire, University of Warwick

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 12:45

Panel One: Making or covering “a crisis”? Europe’s media representations

Lilie Chouliaraki, Myria Georgiou and Rafal Zaborowski, LSE

Kai Hafez, University of Erfurt

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch – with poster presentations from the Migration and Media team

13.45-15:30

Panel Two: Refugee visibilities and invisibilities

Lilie Chouliaraki, LSE

Myria Georgiou, LSE

Frank Johansson, Director of Amnesty International, Finland

15:30-15:45 Coffee break

15:45-17:15

Panel Three: Communication architectures of borders and routes  

Lilie Chouliaraki and Myria Georgiou, LSE

Marie Gillespie, Open University

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18.00-20.00 Fuoccoamare/Fire at Sea

Sheikh Zayed Lecture Theatre, NAB

Introduction and Chair: Pierluigi Musaro, University of Bologna

Film introduced by the Director via videolink  

Photo Exhibition: Humans of Calais

Migration from the Perspective of Migrants

This photo exhibition of daily life in the refugee camp in Calais is the result of the research project Humans of Calais, which gives migrants a voice in order to understand their experiences from their own perspective. Residents of the Calais camp were given disposable cameras to record their daily lives in the camp. These visual snapshots, and the migrants’ narratives that accompany them, offer a unique insight into the ways in which migrants build their lives under difficult and makeshift circumstances, whilst also showing their ideas and dreams.
Researchers: Signe Sofie Hansen, Tara Flores, Ishita Singh and Layla Mohseni, MA Students from the Department of War Studies

Location: War Studies Meeting Room (K. 6.07)

Category: Culture, Exhibition

When: 11/11/2016 (17:00) - 02/12/2016 (17:00)

Refugee week 20-26 June in UK

 A series of exciting and interesting events will take place this year during the Refugee Week (20-26 June 2016). The RW is organized and managed by Counterpoint Arts.
Find all details here.

Don't miss the launch of the RW at Southbank Centre on the 19th of June.

The theme of this year RW is WELCOME.

On the Bride's Side_King's College 15th October 2015

Dear all,

On the Bride Side by Antonio Augugliaro, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry and Gabriele Del Grande arrives in London. You can find all details on this link. Please note the event is free but you need to reserve a seat.
I will have the pleasure and honour to chair the panel discussion that will follow the screening of the film/documentary.
Join this amazing event! 

Io sto con la sposa | On the Bride's Side

Io sto con la sposa (On The Bride's Side), a documentary by Gabriele del Grande,  Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry and Antonio Augugliaro, telling how a group of Syrian refugees staged a fake wedding to cross Europe safely and reach Sweden, is out in Italian cinema from the 9th of October, after an amazing success at the Biennale in Venice!
Find out more about the film and the crowdfunding project behind it here. 
Read also:
Facebook page
Digicult 
France24
 

Conference: ‘Boat Refugees’ and Migrants at Sea: A Comprehensive Approach Integrating Maritime Security with Human Rights 23-24 June 2014

The Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, and the Department of Law at Queen Mary University of London, with the financial support of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and the Human Rights Consortium (HRC) at the School of Advanced Study, will hold a conference on "'Boat Refugees' and Migrants at Sea: A Comprehensive Approach - Integrating Maritime Security with Human Rights," June 23-24, 2014, at Senate House, London. Registration is now open. The program is here. Here's the idea:

This conference aims to comprehensively address the contemporary phenomenon of ‘boat migration’ with a holistic approach. We will consider its multiple facets, combining knowledge from several disciplines and regions of the world, with a view to making a decisive contribution to our understanding of current trends, against the background of the fragmentary responses adopted and innumerable tragedies occurred thus far.
The final goal is to unpack the tension between security concerns and human rights in this context. Therefore, our joint reflections will build on recent developments in law and case law regarding the applicability of human rights at sea and take account of past and present policy experiences to help placing on-going discussions within a comprehensive framework. The objective is to trigger an inter-regional and multidisciplinary dialogue with contributions from Law of the Sea, maritime security, migration and refugee studies, and human rights, to address the position of ‘migrants at sea’ from an integrated perspective, bridging current gaps in knowledge and policy responses, ranging from how to conceptually categorise ‘boat migrants’, to how to respond to differing needs and entitlements and how to reconcile them with State obligations and security constraints.
The conference is projected following a logical flow, which starts with the joint identification of the subject matter, moving on to the analysis of core issue-areas and policy initiatives adopted in the EU and beyond, and closing with the identification of outstanding problems, pointing the way ahead in which research should move to contribute to the development of sustainable policy, mindful of both State interests and the rights of refugees and migrants. Attention will be drawn to the instruments, actors and institutions involved to yield insights on how migration by sea has been and should be governed. To this end, each session will regroup panelists from a variety of backgrounds, who will be asked to deal with a common question.